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Georges Lafond's 'Covered With Mud and Glory: A Machine Gun Company in Action' is a poignant and gripping account of a machine gun company's experiences during wartime. Written in a detailed and descriptive style, Lafond's book provides a vivid portrayal of the harsh realities faced by soldiers on the front lines. Through his literary prowess, Lafond captures the camaraderie, fear, and courage that define the soldiers' experiences, transporting the reader to the battleground. Drawing on his own experiences as a soldier, Lafond brings authenticity and depth to his storytelling, making 'Ma Mitrailleuse' a compelling read for those interested in military history and personal narratives of war. Lafond's raw and unfiltered narrative style gives readers a rare insight into the emotional and physical toll of war, making 'Covered With Mud and Glory' a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the realities of combat.
The author of this book, SERGEANT-MAJOR GEORGES LAFOND, of the Territorial Hussars, was in South America at the time of mobilization. He returned to France as soon as possible and joined his corps, but asked to be assigned as intelligence officer to the machine-gun sections of the first regiment of Colonial Infantry. With this picked corps, which has been decimated several times, he took part in the engagements in Champagne, on the Somme, at Lihons, Dompierre, Herbècourt, and notably in the days from the first to the fifth of July, where the regiment earned its second citation and received the fourragère. Lafond was discharged after the battles of Maisonnette, and wrote this book of recollections in the hospital at Abbeville, and afterwards at Montpellier, where he had to undergo a severe operation. Sergeant-Major Lafond’s narrative makes no claim to literary pretension, but it is simply a collection of actual occurrences. It is a series of short narratives which give the life of a company of machine gunners from the day of its formation to the hour when it was so decimated that it had to be reorganized with men from other corps.